Room 204 Update March 2, 2014 Spring Street School Mrs.

Liportos class

General Information Our class once again won the privilege to host Hoot the Owl in our classroom for the next month because we brought in the most Box Tops! Our class collected another 356 Box Tops between the middle of January and the end of February! Way to go! The kids have decided they are on a hot streak and want to continue for the month of March, so they will be hunting down those Box Tops wherever they may be. Apparently Stop and Shop prints our certificates on their receipts worth 25 Box Tops each, so dont be surprised if some kids try to persuade you to change grocery stores. ! This week is crazy in terms of our schedule. Monday is the Invention Convention, Tuesday is an early release day, Wednesday is our Mock ELA MCAS, Thursday is Community Reading Day and Friday is a presentation from the Acton Discovery Museum on electromagnets. Please bare with us as we navigate these busy days. The Lowell National Historical Park (Lowell Mills) field study will be on Wednesday, March 19th. Thank you to the MANY people who volunteered to

chaperone. I put all of your names into a cup and picked three in front of the students. The families chaperoning will be the Vroman, Wisbey and Mendilian families. Thanks again, for all of your support! This is a reminder that the SSS Fun Fair is going to be on Sunday, March 23rd from 12:00-4:00. We have not received many donations towards our class basket raffle fun. This year our class theme for the Basket Raffle is XBOX. Suggested donatations for this basket are Target gift cards or cash towards the purchase of an XBOX and accessories. We will be collecting donations until March 11th. IMPORTANT DATES *Early Release Days- Mar. 4, Apr. 15, May 12 *MCAS Long Composition Tuesday, Mar. 18 *Lowell Mills Field Study- Wednesday, Mar. 19 *SSS Fun Fair, Sunday March 23 *MCAS English Language Arts Tuesday, Mar. 25 and Wednesday, Mar. 26 *April Vacation- Apr. 21-Apr. 25 *MCAS Math Tuesday, May 13Wednesday, May 14 *Professional Development Day, No School, Friday, Jun. 6 *4th Grade Celebration Friday, Jun. 13 (Raindate Monday, Jun. 16)

Homework Homework will be more limited this week because of our crazy schedule. Please note that students have a Social Studies quiz on states and capitals on Thursday that they should be studying for at home. """""" SUPER READERS"""""" The following students have read over 10,000 minutes this year and have been added to the Liporto Super Readers Hall of Fame! Noah Quadri 12/6/13 Gabriel Mendilian 2/7/14 Writing We have a good start on our opinion writing! Students were able to pick the topic they wanted to write about. Some topics being discussed are kids have cell phones, kids having iPads, dogs being the best pets, which season is the best, etc. This week well be working on our detail paragraphs. Language Arts On Wednesday we will have our final MOCK ELA MCAS practice. Students should come prepared with colored pencils, erasers, etc. I hope they are able to get a good nights sleep on Tuesday, as well. Math (Students, the secret number is 110, because Sunday would have been Dr. Seuss 110th birthday!) We will be assessing unit 7 in math this week. Students will be assessed on topics such as equivalent fractions, fractions of a whole, adding and subtracting fractions, and comparing fractions. Well review on

Monday in class. Also, well be reviewing in Math Club on Tuesday morning. Math Club this Tuesday will have us reviewing fractions for the unit 7 assessment. All students are welcome and encouraged to attend at 8am. EVERYDAY MATH FAMILY LETTERS on-line address:
http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/4 th-grade/view-family-letters/

If you cannot access them, please let me know. If your student forgets to bring home the Study Link for homework, they can be printed from the following site: http://www.mrnale.com/StudyLinks_Grade _4.htm They can also print the Study Links from the Everyday Math Online site: www.everydaymathonline.com Social Studies- from Mrs. Luby We have learned what natural resources make the South economy work and will share our posters this week. We will also focus on the Upper and Lower South sub-regions and have the states and capitals quiz on Thursday there are practice opportunities on the class web page. Science Monday 3/3 is the Invention Convention from 9:15-10:00am in the cafeteria and the gymnasium! Students need to come to school on Monday with their invention, the poster and ready to present their commercial in class. Most posters and inventions will have to go home that

same day because there is not enough room at school to keep them all. We hope to see you there! (Please note, the weather is looking much more promising for tomorrow, but if there is a two-hour delay on Monday, the Invention Convention will still be on 3/3, but from 10:15-11:00. If there is a two hour delay or no school, the Invention Convention will be moved to the following Monday, 3/10, from 9:15-10:00.) On Thursday we will complete our science court case about the laziest worker at Robocorp. Happy Birthday!!! March Birthdays: Brendan Galvin 3/5 Olivia Bennett 3/16 Noah Quadri 3/31 *Specials*
MUSIC: Tuesday 10:45-11:25 AM ART: Wednesday, 11:25-12:05 PM Health: Thursday 9:15-9:55 AM CHORUS: Friday 10:45-11:25 AM PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Friday 2:25-3:05 PM MEDIA: Every Other Wednesday, 2:45-3:00 PM

As always, your questions/comments are welcome. Please send me an email or a note to school. Kristen Liporto